{
 "municipality_id": "gx-003130",
 "municipality": "Bridgewater",
 "status_type": "Town",
 "jurisdiction": "Nova Scotia",
 "country": "CA",
 "topic": "unsightly_premises",
 "label": "Property maintenance",
 "status": "found",
 "last_verified": "2026-06-05",
 "official_website": "https://www.bridgewater.ca/",
 "documents": [
  {
   "primary": true,
   "is_official": true,
   "title": "Chapter 115 — Minimum Building Standards By-Law",
   "category": "unsightly_premises",
   "document_type": "bylaw",
   "status": "adopted",
   "adopted_date": null,
   "document_url": "https://www.bridgewater.ca/town-council/town-by-laws-and-policies/by-laws/939-chapter-115-housing-building-standards/file",
   "summary": "Sets minimum building/property standards for buildings in the Town of Bridgewater (MGA s.181), addressing property maintenance.",
   "capture_sha256": "7e01ee36456df3131d5f7917f69aaa185d2a4fa8e09c812b2d1bfdf9f751752e",
   "captured_at": "2026-06-05T05:14:55+00:00",
   "capture_http_status": 200,
   "snapshot_url": "https://pub-e61c5ee2a8704225bfa8de0c280e8a2c.r2.dev/bylaws/7e01ee36456df3131d5f7917f69aaa185d2a4fa8e09c812b2d1bfdf9f751752e.pdf",
   "facts": {
    "standards": "Owner must maintain buildings to minimum standards; yards kept free of rubbish/debris, hazards, tall grass/weeds; no discarded/dismantled/abandoned vehicles stored in yard",
    "enforcement": "Building Official issues Order to Remedy; on failure, summary offence ticket per day, or Town applies to Supreme Court for life-safety threats",
    "fine_range": "$100-$5,000 and in default imprisonment up to 30 days"
   },
   "fact_citations": {
    "standards": "s. 23; s. 24",
    "enforcement": "s. 7; s. 28(4); s. 28(5)",
    "fine_range": "s. 29(1)"
   },
   "transcript_url": "/ca/ns/bridgewater/property-maintenance/text-7e01ee36456d/",
   "transcript_quality": "exact"
  }
 ],
 "source": "https://govanswers.org/ca/ns/bridgewater/property-maintenance/"
}